| 2007/2008 Board Members |
MaryAnn Howell, President
JoAnne Riley, Financial Director
Patti Garrett, Membership Dir.
Cynthia Dawson, Comm. Dir.
Hollie Sutherland, Dir. At Large
Sara Hopkins, Prof. Dev. Dir.
Elaine Koufman, President Elect
Robert Valle, Student
Rep to the Board |
| Message From the President |
Dear ASID Artists and Colleagues Our Design Awards program was simply spectacular Thank You. Again, I want to congratulate all our winners, and express heartful thanks to our most generous sponsors. Most of all, I want to Thank Robin McGarry, ASID, whose vision and hard work raised the bar for professionalism in our organization. Our wonderful new online newsletter is brought to you by Fairfield County Home magazine. I feel it's on the cutting edge, and it Brands with the National ASID marketing initiative. For those members who are active, please continue your involvement with ASID; for the rest of you, please consider contributing time and energy to the organization. Help it enrich your life. For as Henry Miller said, "Art teaches nothing except the significance of life."
Thank You All,
MaryAnn Howell, ASID
President Ct. Chapter ASID
From the President Elect
As President-Elect I want to en-courage Connecticut
Designers to attend INTERIORS 08 in New Orleans, March 13-16. If
you are dedicated to your future, your business and yourself,
this is a most exciting way to experience a fantastic variety of
keynote speakers and to meet peers from the entire country. Come see New Orleans ...go to www.asid.org/interiors08 to download all information. Invest in you-it’s all about you anyway!! I know a few de-signers who have registered al-ready-keep in touch with me and let me know you will be there..while we are learning we also have fun.
Wishing you all only good things in 2008.
Elaine Koufman, FASID |
| Fashion Design Show |
Transforming Design 2008
The fashion show has been a great event the last four years and this year will be the best one yet. You as the student continue to push the boundaries of design every year and the level of design from last year raised the bar for this year. We can’t wait to see what you create! Please join us for making the 2008 “Transforming Design” the best
fashion show that the designers in CT have ever seen. Please see the website for registration forms at www.ASID.org |
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| 12th Annual Design & Construction Industry Dinner Meeting |
Success Begins With Who You Know!
2/28/2008 - 5:30 PM Four Points Sheraton, Meriden, CT
Major Underwriter Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Reception Sponsor International Masonry Institute Wine With Dinner Sponsor Schwartz & Hofflich.
The 12th Annual Design and Construction Industry Joint Dinner is
a wonderful business opportunity for the members of each of the
professional organizations participating. Please join us for an
evening of networking, collegiality and relationship building.
Joan McDonald, Commissioner of the State Department of Economic and Community Development will present the Keynote Address. Please join us for an evening of networking,
collegiality and relationship building. |
| Did You Know? Community Service Corner |
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The Happy Club donated 80 gifts to Liberation House in Stamford, CT. Some of the children had never received a gift for Christmas in their entire lives. Covenant to Care also received generous donations of gifts and money from the ASID CT Chapter Members. |
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| Save The Date - Calendar of Events for 2008 |
Feb 13 Lunch & Learn, J.D. Staron Galleries, Stamford, CT
Feb 13 Town Hall Meeting, Fairfield Museum and History
Center, Fairfield,
CT
Feb 20 IP meeting, 6-8 p.m., Kitchens by Deane, Stamford, CT
Feb 28 AIA 12th Annual Design & Construction Industry Joint Dinner Meeting, Four
Points Sheraton, Meriden, CT
Mar 1 Strategic Plan Meeting, TBA, Elaine Koufman
Mar 3 Lunch & Learn, Scofield Historic Lighting, Ivoryton, CT
Mar 5 BOD Meeting, 5 p.m., AKDO, Bridgeport, CT
Mar 8-9 Design Expo, The Westin, Stamford, CT
Mar 10 Career Night, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Mar 12-16 Interiors ‘08 ASID Conference, New Orleans, LA
Mar 20 IP meeting, 12-2 p.m., Tile America, Lyme, CT
Apr 2 BOD Meeting, 5 p.m., AKDO, Bridgeport, CT
Apr 4 Lunch & Learn, PH Miller Studio, Woodbury, CT
Apr 17 IP meeting, 6-8 p.m., The Silk Touch/Fiberseal, Norwalk, CT
Apr 18 Fashion Show, Trumbull Marriott
May 5 Lunch & Learn, Noon, The Ellis Group, Weston, CT
May 7 Design Forum, Universal Design, Giovanni’s, Darien, CT
May 14 BOD Meeting, 5 p.m., AKDO, Bridgeport, CT
May 15 New Member Event
Jun 4 BOD Meeting, 5 p.m., AKDO, Bridgeport, CT
Sep 10 Annual Meeting
For more details on Events, go to the ASID Events web page. |
| Jubilation 08 |
Music! Food! Drinks! Exciting Auction Items!
Good friends! and a Great Cause!!!!!
Mark your calendar for the ASID Foundation’s Annual Fundraising Event: JUBILATION 08! This event, held during INTERIORS 08: The ASID Conference on Design, will be Friday, March 14, in New Orleans. Matt Lorenz, Allied Member of ASID, and winner of Bravo TV’s “Top Design”, is serving as this year’s Jubilation honorary chairman.
Through interior design research, scholarship and education, the ASID Foundation – our Foundation – was created to help address critical issues facing interior design and issues that affect the health, safety and welfare of our communities such as sustainable design, technology, design for learning environments and the needs of an aging population.
Your previous contributions have funded these Projects: Scholarships; Grants; Awards; Sup-porter of a major standards revision project for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA – formerly FIDER); Collaborative Project with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to develop sustain-able guidelines and resources for homeowners and residential design professionals, suppliers, & contractors; Major Sponsor for The Green House, New Directions in Sustainable Architecture & Design Exhibit – toured by 124,000 in Washington DC and now on a national tour!
The highlight of Jubilation 08 will be the live and silent auction. The purpose of our fundraiser is to raise money to fund new projects! As before, awards will be given to the top three ASID chapters who are responsible for raising the most money. Please help our chapter in bringing home first place! Our deadline is January 15.
Contact our ASID Foundation Chapter Liaison, Elaine Koufman at ladykendo@comcast.net or 203-481-1710 for an Auction Donation Form that is to be submitted with each auction item. This will help assure that you and our chapter receives the appropriate acknowledgment. Thank you for your part in helping the future of the interior design profession by making Jubilation 08 a true success!!!
Overview
In April, a new membership bylaw was enacted by the ASID Board of Directors which requires practitioner members of ASID to engage in regular, ongoing continuing education. This new member requirement strengthens the interior design profession by improving individual attitudes, competencies, knowledge and skills in subject areas essential to the growth and success of the industry.
6 Hours Every Two Years
Practitioner members of the Society are required to complete 6 contact hours of continuing education coursework (equal to 0.6 CEUs) every two years. To qualify, coursework must be taken from an approved provider.
Biyearly Self-Reporting
Practitioner members of the Society will certify compliance through an online self-reporting mechanism. The first two-year reporting period will begin on January 1, 2008, with 0.6 CEUs due before December 31, 2009. The second two-year reporting period will begin on January 1, 2010, and so on. Online self-reporting begins January 2008.
Random Audits
All members who fail to self-report their compliance with the policy will be automatically audited. Addition-ally, approximately 3 percent of members will be randomly selected for audit during each reporting period.
Failure to Comply
Any member who fails to comply with the continuing education requirements will be subject to a termination of Society membership in accordance with the requirements of the policy.
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